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It’s a spot that is strikingly similar to one Pennsylvania Rep. Jason Altmire is running, which features supporters praising the second-term Democrat for “stand[ing] up” to Obama and Pelosi.

In Washington, Democrats are testing a new strategy of trying to make the national conversation about Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) — who would become speaker of the House with a GOP takeover — a tough proposition given that most voters have never heard of him.

“We want to elevate John Boehner,” said a senior Democratic aide involved in party strategy. “We want him and his ideas to be in the forefront.”

Democrats may need this approach to stoke excitement among its base voters. But two different sets of data show Republicans with a big advantage when it comes to getting the base fired up for this campaign. A new Gallup Poll out this week shows 46 percent of Republicans and just 23 percent of Democrats to be “very enthusiastic” about voting.

And before Tuesday night’s races, 15.4 million Republicans had already voted in primaries, compared with 12 million Democrats who have turned out for primaries so far in 2010.

“Hopefully, we can rally the base and turn people out,” said Jamie Franks, chair of the Mississippi Democratic Party, who predicted his party will retain control of the House.

What Democrats are watching most closely right now is to see if the field of at-risk seats does indeed keep expanding. There are fresh concerns about Reps. Allen Boyd of Florida, Jim Marshall of Georgia and Leonard Boswell of Iowa — all of whom were recently moved into the toss-up category by respected handicapper Charlie Cook.

In addition, Reps. Ben Chandler of Kentucky and Stephanie Herseth Sandlin of South Dakota were both outraised by their opponents this past quarter, increasing concern about their races.

Given that the DCCC has already purchased ads to defend 54 seats that the party controls, the last thing Democrats need is more seats to have to protect.

"PRIVATELY?!?!?!" Heck, they are running ads against obama and pelosi! the journolisters have FAILED...they'll keep spinning though...keep an eye on politico for the latest fabrications and half truths...appearing daily!

Nobody is listening! Grow some spine! If the stimulus had've been as big as big and directed as it needed to be things would be better! But Noooooooooo!! The Dems are afraid of the big bad Repubs! So they watered EVERYTHING down, still didn't get any Republican votes and now they own the bad legislation they passed! Good God it's so obvious! So it goes back to Mondays' Daily Show question ; Stupid or Evil? most likely some combination of both... vote 'em all out!

"Top Democrats are growing markedly more pessimistic about holding the House, privately conceding the summertime economic and political recovery they were banking on will not likely materialize by Election Day. "

The House Dems are just now figuring this out? Of course their prospects are worsening when they pass legislation that WE THE PEOPLE are against? Plus all they do is spend spend spend! The country is broke, helllooooo. Enough of them. America will be better off when they are all gone! Vote Nov 2nd!

Dems better wake up, smell the coffee, face the music. Transformation is just around the corner. Mr. Van Hollen is sadly mistaken if he thinks the national polls are 'inside the beltway chatter'. Maybe he should play "Where's GW" and keep looking back for a scapegoat.... the lib-lefts will never see what is coming at them head on.

America, we need to create a veto proof Republican Congress. We have to stop Obama.

If you want unemployment to go down you need business to feel secure about the future.

Obama is inept. I wish we were like Europe where a loss of confidence removes the leadership, but we are not so we have to wait till 2012.

Until then America, if you want jobs, if you want housing to grow, your 401K bound to the stock market to grow, WE HAVE TO STOP OBAMA. He does not know how to run this country. It's all a beauty contest for him.

Vote republican EVERYWHERE, right down to your local dog catcher.

And if you are in Flordia, DO NOT VOTE FOR CHARLIE CRIST, he is Obama lite. Will sell his mother to advance his own interests. Mark my word, he will lobby with the DEMS. VOTE FOR RUBIO!

And then, God willing, Chris Christie (R-Nj Gov) for President in 2012 !!!

I saw this videoIt needs to go viral.Please pass it along.

"PC is a doctrine fostered by a delusional minority, and the mainstream media, that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end"

Hoven provides this handy CBO chart showing the portion of the annual deficit attributable to the conflict:

But there is much more to be said of this data and Hoven does an admirable job of summarizing the highlights of such an analysis:

* Obama's stimulus, passed in his first month in office, will cost more than the entire Iraq War -- more than $100 billion (15%) more.

* Just the first two years of Obama's stimulus cost more than the entire cost of the Iraq War under President Bush, or six years of that war.

* Iraq War spending accounted for just 3.2% of all federal spending while it lasted.

* Iraq War spending was not even one quarter of what we spent on Medicare in the same time frame.

* Iraq War spending was not even 15% of the total deficit spending in that time frame. The cumulative deficit, 2003-2010, would have been four-point-something trillion dollars with or without the Iraq War.

* The Iraq War accounts for less than 8% of the federal debt held by the public at the end of 2010 ($9.031 trillion).

* During Bush's Iraq years, 2003-2008, the federal government spent more on education that it did on the Iraq War. (State and local governments spent about ten times more.)

Just some handy facts to recall during coming weeks as Obama and his congressional Democratic buddies get more desperate to put the blame for their spending policies on Bush and the war in Iraq. For more from Hoven, go here.

So - the political elite got out of DC long enough to talk to some of their constituents. Wow. Smell that coffee! The idiots were so enamored with being 'special' that they thought they could ignore the folks who gave them the job to represent them. HA! They think they are worried now...... just wait! Nov is only the beginning.

This is quite amusing, running from leadership you voted for. Can you say pot, kettle, black. My congressman stole money from children to line to pockets of ACORN and then tried to deny it because he did not read the bill. The low down evil persons in DC will be sorry for the way they have treated our nation, the people and the consitution.

Anyone that supports this admin and today's Democrat party is a moron period. That's the cold hard fact. November is gonna be sweet. I hope the Republicans win both both houses of Congress and investigate everything that Obummer, Pelosi, and Reid have done thus far. Nothing would make me happier than to see all three of these idelogical hacks brought up on charges of corruption and perp walked right out of their respective offices. And for all of you so-called progressives.....your days in power are numbered. Your morons in DC have destroyed a once great party.

The Democrats are being thrown out because of the Horror Health Care Bill - that was passed AGAINST the wishes of the American people, a Financial Regulation Bill that does NOTHING to protect the American people against another looting of the middle class, and the abhorrent $1 Trillion FAILED Stimulus Bill - that did NOTHING but put generations of Americans into horrendous debt. The entire Administration and Congress are jokingly referred to as the 'ANTOINETTES'. We, the American people, are disgusted by the corruption and the selling out of America. We're throwing you out - and if the next group that comes to Congress does not repeal and replace this sickening mess - they will be thrown out also. We are done!